Couple charged with armed home invasion robbery

Published: Monday, January 7, 2013 at 3:01 p.m.

Last Modified: Monday, January 7, 2013 at 3:01 p.m.

An Ocala couple, who are accused of leaving their two young children alone in a motel room while they committed a home invasion robbery early Monday, have been arrested.

Jason Michael Lain, 31, and Christina Lynn Brick, 34, reportedly broke into the home of an 80-year-old woman in the 1900 block of Southeast 52nd Court. The woman awoke just after 4 a.m. to find Brick standing over her demanding money, according to Marion County Sheriff’s Office reports.

The woman said Lain stood behind Brick, who continually used foul and threatening language. She said she heard three gunshots, but thought they were from a toy gun. She said she stayed motionless during the entire ordeal and that at one point Brick wondered out loud if she had died, reports state.

The pair left the bedroom, closing the door behind them, and ransacked the rest of the house for about 30 minutes. They called each other by their first names during the search of the house, according to reports.

The victim said she recognized Lain’s voice as that of the man who had done a few odd jobs around her house in the previous months. She gave sheriff’s investigators a description of the man’s 1998 gold Ford F-150 pickup truck. A deputy reported he had stopped a similar looking truck several hours earlier.

The truck was spotted in the parking lot of the Ocala Inn at 1626 S. Pine Ave. In the back of the truck, deputies saw a printer and a shotgun, which were two of the items reported stolen from the woman’s home.

Inside the couple’s room, deputies found jewelry and a jewelry box on the bed similar to what was taken in the robbery, reports state.

The couple initially said they loaned the truck to a third man, but then the two eventually stopped talking to investigators.

A man who lives in a nearby room in the same motel said that he went to the couple’s room at 4 a.m. to ask for a cigarette and was greeted by a 7-year-old girl who told him her parents had left her and her 2-year-old sister alone.

The man went on to say he had seen the couple smoking crack earlier in the day in front of the children. A crack pipe and other drug paraphernalia were found within reach of the children, according to reports.

At the victim’s home, investigators found the back sliding glass door had been pried open with a tire iron, which was left behind. They also discovered a telephone line inside the house had been cut and found a pellet from a pellet gun imbedded in a window sill in the bedroom.

Lain denied any wrongdoing as he was led to the Marion County Jail on Monday.

Brick got testy with a television reporter, but otherwise did not make any comments as she was led to the jail.

They both were booked on one count each of armed home invasion robbery and tampering with a victim, and two counts of child neglect. Each was being held in lieu of an $80,000 bond.

The Department of Children and Families was contacted, and workers took custody of the children.

The woman said Lain stood behind Brick, who continually used foul and threatening language. She said she heard three gunshots, but thought they were from a toy gun. She said she stayed motionless during the entire ordeal and that at one point Brick wondered out loud if she had died, reports state.

The pair left the bedroom, closing the door behind them, and ransacked the rest of the house for about 30 minutes. They called each other by their first names during the search of the house, according to reports.

The victim said she recognized Lain's voice as that of the man who had done a few odd jobs around her house in the previous months. She gave sheriff's investigators a description of the man's 1998 gold Ford F-150 pickup truck. A deputy reported he had stopped a similar looking truck several hours earlier.

The truck was spotted in the parking lot of the Ocala Inn at 1626 S. Pine Ave. In the back of the truck, deputies saw a printer and a shotgun, which were two of the items reported stolen from the woman's home.

Inside the couple's room, deputies found jewelry and a jewelry box on the bed similar to what was taken in the robbery, reports state.

The couple initially said they loaned the truck to a third man, but then the two eventually stopped talking to investigators.

A man who lives in a nearby room in the same motel said he went to the couple's room at 4 a.m. to ask for a cigarette and was greeted by a 7-year-old girl who told him her parents had left her and her 2-year-old sister alone.

The man went on to say he had seen the couple smoking crack earlier in the day in front of the children. A crack pipe and other drug paraphernalia were found within reach of the children, according to reports.

At the victim's home, investigators found the back sliding glass door had been pried open with a tire iron, which was left behind. They also discovered a telephone line inside the house had been cut and found a pellet from a pellet gun imbedded in a window sill in the bedroom.

Lain denied any wrongdoing as he was led to the Marion County Jail on Monday.

Brick got testy with a television reporter, but otherwise did not make any comments as she was led to the jail.

They both were booked on one count each of armed home invasion robbery and tampering with a victim, and two counts of child neglect. Each was being held in lieu of an $80,000 bond.

<p>An Ocala couple, who are accused of leaving their two young children alone in a motel room while they committed a home invasion robbery early Monday, have been arrested.</p><p>Jason Michael Lain, 31, and Christina Lynn Brick, 34, reportedly broke into the home of an 80-year-old woman in the 1900 block of Southeast 52nd Court. The woman awoke just after 4 a.m. to find Brick standing over her demanding money, according to Marion County Sheriff's Office reports.</p><p>The woman said Lain stood behind Brick, who continually used foul and threatening language. She said she heard three gunshots, but thought they were from a toy gun. She said she stayed motionless during the entire ordeal and that at one point Brick wondered out loud if she had died, reports state.</p><p>The pair left the bedroom, closing the door behind them, and ransacked the rest of the house for about 30 minutes. They called each other by their first names during the search of the house, according to reports.</p><p>The victim said she recognized Lain's voice as that of the man who had done a few odd jobs around her house in the previous months. She gave sheriff's investigators a description of the man's 1998 gold Ford F-150 pickup truck. A deputy reported he had stopped a similar looking truck several hours earlier.</p><p>The truck was spotted in the parking lot of the Ocala Inn at 1626 S. Pine Ave. In the back of the truck, deputies saw a printer and a shotgun, which were two of the items reported stolen from the woman's home.</p><p>Inside the couple's room, deputies found jewelry and a jewelry box on the bed similar to what was taken in the robbery, reports state.</p><p>The couple initially said they loaned the truck to a third man, but then the two eventually stopped talking to investigators.</p><p>A man who lives in a nearby room in the same motel said that he went to the couple's room at 4 a.m. to ask for a cigarette and was greeted by a 7-year-old girl who told him her parents had left her and her 2-year-old sister alone. </p><p>The man went on to say he had seen the couple smoking crack earlier in the day in front of the children. A crack pipe and other drug paraphernalia were found within reach of the children, according to reports.</p><p>At the victim's home, investigators found the back sliding glass door had been pried open with a tire iron, which was left behind. They also discovered a telephone line inside the house had been cut and found a pellet from a pellet gun imbedded in a window sill in the bedroom.</p><p>Lain denied any wrongdoing as he was led to the Marion County Jail on Monday.</p><p>Brick got testy with a television reporter, but otherwise did not make any comments as she was led to the jail.</p><p>They both were booked on one count each of armed home invasion robbery and tampering with a victim, and two counts of child neglect. Each was being held in lieu of an $80,000 bond.</p><p>The Department of Children and Families was contacted, and workers took custody of the children.</p><p>The woman said Lain stood behind Brick, who continually used foul and threatening language. She said she heard three gunshots, but thought they were from a toy gun. She said she stayed motionless during the entire ordeal and that at one point Brick wondered out loud if she had died, reports state.</p><p>The pair left the bedroom, closing the door behind them, and ransacked the rest of the house for about 30 minutes. They called each other by their first names during the search of the house, according to reports.</p><p>The victim said she recognized Lain's voice as that of the man who had done a few odd jobs around her house in the previous months. She gave sheriff's investigators a description of the man's 1998 gold Ford F-150 pickup truck. A deputy reported he had stopped a similar looking truck several hours earlier.</p><p>The truck was spotted in the parking lot of the Ocala Inn at 1626 S. Pine Ave. In the back of the truck, deputies saw a printer and a shotgun, which were two of the items reported stolen from the woman's home.</p><p>Inside the couple's room, deputies found jewelry and a jewelry box on the bed similar to what was taken in the robbery, reports state.</p><p>The couple initially said they loaned the truck to a third man, but then the two eventually stopped talking to investigators.</p><p>A man who lives in a nearby room in the same motel said he went to the couple's room at 4 a.m. to ask for a cigarette and was greeted by a 7-year-old girl who told him her parents had left her and her 2-year-old sister alone. </p><p>The man went on to say he had seen the couple smoking crack earlier in the day in front of the children. A crack pipe and other drug paraphernalia were found within reach of the children, according to reports.</p><p>At the victim's home, investigators found the back sliding glass door had been pried open with a tire iron, which was left behind. They also discovered a telephone line inside the house had been cut and found a pellet from a pellet gun imbedded in a window sill in the bedroom.</p><p>Lain denied any wrongdoing as he was led to the Marion County Jail on Monday.</p><p>Brick got testy with a television reporter, but otherwise did not make any comments as she was led to the jail.</p><p>They both were booked on one count each of armed home invasion robbery and tampering with a victim, and two counts of child neglect. Each was being held in lieu of an $80,000 bond.</p><p>The Department of Children and Families took custody of the children.</p>